The Fountain is a 2006 American epic romantic drama film written and directed by Darren Aronofsky and starring Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz. Blending elements of fantasy, history, spirituality, and science fiction, the film consists of three storylines involving immortality and the resulting loves lost, and one man's pursuit of avoiding this fate in this life or beyond it. Jackman and Weisz play sets of characters bonded by love across time and space: a conquistador and his ill-fated queen, a modern-day scientist and his cancer-stricken wife, and a traveler immersed in a universal journey alongside aspects of his lost love. The storylines—interwoven with use of match cuts and recurring visual motifs—reflect the themes and interplay of love and mortality.
Theatrical release poster
One of the film's narratives takes place during the Spanish Inquisition.
Production on The Fountain went through several stages of casting. Rachel Weisz joined the cast in August 2004 after Cate Blanchett moved on to other projects.
Hugh Jackman who plays multiple characters in The Fountain—was chosen to star in the film after Brad Pitt dropped out and the project was halted.
Darren Aronofsky is an American filmmaker. His films are noted for their surreal, melodramatic, and often disturbing elements, frequently in the form of psychological fiction.
Aronofsky in July 2015
Aronofsky with the cast and crew of Black Swan
Aronofsky at the premiere of The Whale in 2022
Aronofsky with frequent collaborators Matthew Libatique and Andrew Weisblum
